Comma correct?

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Hi. In Ezekiel 39:18 of the Today's English Version of the Bible, it is written:

They are to eat the bodies of soldiers and drink the blood of the rulers of the earth, all of whom will be killed like rams or lambs or goats or fat bulls.

Is it correct to have a comma there? Should it be a period. The part that comes after the comma seems to be a clause, if I am not mistaken. Help.

Mr Wordy · Accepted Answer

The comma is fine. A period would be wrong.

Anonymous · Answer

Hi. Thank you. I wrote:

Hi. In Ezekiel 39:18 of the Today's English Version of the Bible, it is written:

They are to eat the bodies of soldiers and drink the blood of the rulers of the earth, all of whom will be killed like rams or lambs or goats or fat bulls.

Is it correct to have a comma there? Should it be a period. The part that comes after the comma seems to be a clause, if I am not mistaken. Help.

In the aforementioned Bible verse, would you say the phrase (that comes after the comma) "all of whom" could be rewritten "of whom all"? On second thoughts, I think it could be very awkward, or, if I venture to say, it could be wrong (not sure, though).

If the phrase were "some of whom" instead of what is in the Bible verse, "all of whom," I could easily see how it could be rewritten "of whom some" without being awkward nor wrong.

If you don't mind, please help me with this, too. I have a sentence with the phrase "on which." Is this correct? Let us pretend the letters "***" represent a word, any word -- an arbitrarily chosen one. (I am not sure, I have used the word "arbitrarily" here correctly.)

There lies a book on which is inscribed the word "***."

For this, I could have written it with a comma:

There lies a book, on which it is inscribed the word "***"

Mr Wordy · Answer

AnonymousIn the aforementioned Bible verse, would you say the phrase (that comes after the comma) "all of whom" could be rewritten "of whom all"? On second thoughts, I think it could be very awkward, or, if I venture to say, it could be wrong (not sure, though).

Yes, "of whom all" is possible. In this sentence, "all of whom" seems to flow better though.

Anonymous(I am not sure, I have used the word "arbitrarily" here correctly.)

Yes, you have.

Anonymous
There lies a book on which is inscribed the word "***."

For this, I could have written it with a comma:

There lies a book, on which it is inscribed the word "***"

The first sentence is OK. The second does not seem right to me.

Anonymous · Answer

Thank you for your help.

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